SOC 312 Week 2 DQ 1 The Theory of Mind

Theory of the mind suggests that children reach a cognitive developmental milestone when they begin to understand the behaviors of others". (Bojczyk, Shriner, and Shriner, 2001)  A three year old is just becoming aware of the things around them, there innocent and very honest at this stage. They want to play and have fun so to keep it moving right along the child plays without getting anyone in trouble or getting mad in the process. Jacob is in the stage of Autonomy vs. shame and doubt he's too young and trusting so that he can't understand that he could trick the mean monkey. Patrick has reached the stage where he knows that he can trick the monkey and get away with it to make him happy. The developmental stage Patrick is in is initiative vs. guilt; Patrick is more carious than anything and want to see actually what he can get away with.